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| New bomb attacks kill at least 2 in Thailand, reports of many injured | |
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| A string of explosions early on Friday rocked Thai resort towns of Surat Thani and the earlier attacked Hua Hin, where dozens of foreign tourists had been targeted. At least two people have reportedly been killed and “many” injured in the new spate of violence. | |
| READ MORE: 2 explosions hit Thailand’s Hua Hin resort town, 1 killed, 23 injured incl. foreigners – reports | READ MORE: 2 explosions hit Thailand’s Hua Hin resort town, 1 killed, 23 injured incl. foreigners – reports |
| One of the blasts took place outside Surat Thani police station on Friday morning, following festivities dedicated to the Queen’s Birthday / Mother’s Day celebrations in Thailand. | |
| Wongsiri Promchana, governor of Surat Thani province, was cited by AFP as saying that the explosive device was planted in a flowerbed near the marine police station and killed a local municipal employee. | |
| “I think it’s related to the blasts in Hua Hin,” the governor said. | |
| Another explosion rocked the Loma Park area, located on Phuket Island, popular with tourists, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Reports are coming of a second explosion on Patong’s beach road, also near a police station. | |
| Three new blasts rocked the resort of Hua Hin, killing one person and injuring at least four others early Friday, according to local media reports. On Thursday, two earlier blasts hit the resort, killing a woman and injuring over 20 people. | |
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